CVE-2016-1762

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow15 documents9 sources
Severity
8.1HIGH
EPSS
8.6%
top 7.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
15
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple Safari+12 more
Timeline
PublishedMar 24
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages11 packages

▶NVDxmlsoft/libxml2< 2.9.4
▶Debianlibxml2< 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1+3
▶NVDapple/tvos< 9.2
▶NVDapple/safari< 9.1
▶NVDapple/watchos< 2.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04, Enterprise Linux 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.5

Patches

Patch: git.gnome.org ↗Patch: kc.mcafee.com ↗Patch: git.gnome.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-r6h3-3q3x-3wcr: The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2016-06-06
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OSV
CVE-2016-1762: The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2↗2016-03-24
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CVEList
CVE-2016-1762: The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2↗2016-03-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2016-06-06
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Red Hat
libxml2: Heap-based buffer-overread in xmlNextChar↗2016-05-23
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Debian
CVE-2016-1762: libxml2 - The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to caus...↗2016
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Apple
CVE-2016-1762: iOS 9.3↗
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Apple
CVE-2016-1762: tvOS 9.2↗
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1762 CVE-2016-1833 CVE-2016-1834 CVE-2016-1835 CVE-2016-1836 CVE-2016-1837 CVE-2016-1838 CVE-2016-1839 CVE-2016-1840 CVE-2016-4447 CVE-2016-4448 CVE-2016-4449 libxml2: various flaws [fedora-a↗2016-06-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1762 CVE-2016-1833 CVE-2016-1834 CVE-2016-1835 CVE-2016-1836 CVE-2016-1837 CVE-2016-1838 CVE-2016-1839 CVE-2016-1840 CVE-2016-4447 CVE-2016-4448 CVE-2016-4449 mingw-libxml2: various flaws [fe↗2016-06-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1762 libxml2: Heap-based buffer-overread in xmlNextChar↗2016-05-23
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